Ah, that’s actually what I was thinking of in my previous comment

For sure and I agree that should be enough but the average person is not good with computers and they don’t want to learn. They won’t understand the nuances of different distributions of Linux. Like try explaining the difference between a .deb, a .tar.gz, and a .rpm to a person who’s already hésitent about using Linux. Flatpak solves that by just having one download that any Linux install can use

Oh 100% but have you tried to explain how to use one to a computer novice? Like yes, the answer is usually “they should just…” but novice users will never. With flatpak, they get an experience similar to how MacOS works and a bit like how .exes work and it Just Works™️

Edit: like I’ve had trouble showing people how to use the GNOME App Store which could not be any more simple. Anyone who has been convinced to install Linux already feels way out of their element so making everything feel as natural as possible is essential (and I mean, flatpaks are awesome anyway)

I love installing things from the CLI and prefer to only do it that way but Linux needs a single click install method for applications if it’s ever going to become a mainstream OS. The average person just wants to Google a program, hit download and install. If not that then they want to use a mobile-like App Store.

Flatpak is kind of perfect at achieving both those things

1906 or earlier from what I can see from historical rental listings in our local newspaper

I find it’s really good for asking extremely specific code questions

Oh! I use something somewhat similar for when I do need to browse Reddit on mobile. It’s called Sink It for Reddit . It doesn’t affect old Reddit so much but makes the mobile site bearable

I just refuse to use the official mobile app. When they killed Apollo, I left. I’ll use old Reddit sometimes when on my desktop but all my mobile browsing is on Lemmy with Voyager

Wouldn’t that generate a lot of floating particles of asbestos for anyone in the surrounding area?

I’ve never seen this in Canada. Is this an American thing?

I’m not as into rap lately but I used to really like Noname

Oh wow. That is very American to do

I haven’t read the book but I’ve watched the movie. What’s the last chapter about and why’s it cut?

Like PinkGuy/Joji from the meme or the actual song?

It’s not really what you’re looking for but I noticed recently that NodeBB (forum software) supports the fediverse. I actually found my lemmy user on it which I thought was super neat

MXRoute is what I use as my domain’s email server and it’s good enough. The included browser email clients (it offers multiple) are sort of trash but if you just use your own it’s perfect. It’s pretty cheap too

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Yeah Walmart does the same thing. It’s usually because the cops don’t really care about individual thefts but if they show you repeatedly stealing they can bring a real case against you

A JS-free version would have to have the work offloaded to a server via an API request. I’m not sure if that’d be any better. At least with JS, you can theoretically read the code running on your machine

It’s the only way I can quit anything. Recently quit vaping (nicotine) that way